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I haven't heard anything about new planes from either Boeing or Airbus. There are a few new engine options coming (A330 seems to be the next up), but nothing major.

Last I remember is that Airbus claimed that with the A320neo it wouldn't make sense to develop an entirely new aircraft until 2030 or so. For otherwise you don't reap sufficient efficiency gains to make it worthwhile. Or so they claim.

It'll be interesting to see whether they opt for a more radical re-design. There are some studies for turboprop variants — these are about 20 % more efficient and on short hauls the speed difference is not as significant.

Originally Posted by subego

I have a pretty hard and fast rule.

Once I kill someone on the job, I resign.

Those rules don't apply to C-level management these days. And even if they leave, they get to land softly with their golden parachutes.

Luckily, as of now, none of them have ended with me resigning in shame.

My biggest shame is running 500 amps through a bunch of wires that weren’t connected to anything on the other side. I considered resigning because of it, but nothing happened and nobody noticed, so I decided to consider it a lesson learned.

My mostest actual f**k up ever was when I stupidly mixed up a client drive with a.n. other drive and securely erased it and all their eldest childs baby photos. OK, so having a backup etc IS technically their responsibility etc but I was pretty upset and fairly trepidatious about confessing what had happened.

The client just shrugged and said "meh, we'll just tell him that half of the photos of his younger brother are him. He'll never know.

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NEW YORK/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Much like tapping the brake pedal in a car to disengage cruise control, a sharp tug on the controls of older models of Boeing Co’s 737 used to shut off an automatic trim system that keeps the plane flying level, giving the pilot control.

But Boeing disabled the “yoke jerk” function when it brought out the 737 MAX, the latest version of its top-selling jet - and many pilots were unaware of the change, aviation experts told Reuters.

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